I, Jacob O’Rourke, my assistant director, Sean Phillips, and the Washington University Academic Team are pleased to announce that Washington University in St. Louis will be hosting a fall invitational tournament on November 11, 2017. We will be using the Maryland Fall question set; more information about the set can be found here.

Logistics information will be made available once the semester begins. This tournament will be seeking to be a qualifier for the 2018 PACE NSC.

The fee structure is:Base Fee: $70 per first team from a school, $60 per each subsequent team from a school.Staffer Discount: $15 per staffer.Working Buzzer Discount: $5 per buzzer (your system must allow for 8 people to play at any one time for us to use it for the discount).Distance Discount: $5 per 100 miles (one-way, as determined by Google Maps).

This tournament’s field will be initially capped at 24 teams. After the initial field fills, we will expand the field by 4 teams (so first we will expand to 28; then to 32, although it depends on our staffing situation) until reaching a final field of 36 teams.

We are allowing for direct entry for the first two teams from a school. A third team from a school (C team) will get the first spots on the waitlist for expansion. Any further teams (example: D or E teams) will be placed on a separate waitlist and allowed into the field 10 days before the tournament date, pending available space in the field (so you will know by November 1st).

RegistrationTo register, simply email myself (Jacob O'Rourke) at jacob.orourke.7@gmail.com and tell me how many teams, buzzers and staffers your school will be bringing.

This is shaping up to be a very nice tournament. Looking forward to the trip to St. Louis.

Wed Aug 09, 2017 3:26 pm

Mickey0R0urke

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Re: Washington University Fall Academic Tournament III-11/11/17

We have enough staff to expand to 32 teams, so the field has been expanded to 32.

Wed Aug 16, 2017 11:55 pm

Mickey0R0urke

Joined: Sat Apr 23, 2011Posts: 1143Location: Pacific, MO

Re: Washington University Fall Academic Tournament III-11/11/17

We've made our final field expansion to 36 teams, so there are currently 5 spots left in the field.

Mon Aug 21, 2017 2:15 pm

Mickey0R0urke

Joined: Sat Apr 23, 2011Posts: 1143Location: Pacific, MO

Re: Washington University Fall Academic Tournament III-11/11/17

The field has been filled! All subsequent registrations will be placed on a waitlist.

Sat Aug 26, 2017 6:21 am

Mickey0R0urke

Joined: Sat Apr 23, 2011Posts: 1143Location: Pacific, MO

Re: Washington University Fall Academic Tournament III-11/11/17

We've been awarded platinum qualification status by PACE, which means that the top 25% (the top 9 teams) will qualify for the 2018 National Scholastics Championship, which is on June 2nd-3rd at the Hyatt Regency in Reston, VA.

Wed Sep 06, 2017 4:31 pm

Mickey0R0urke

Joined: Sat Apr 23, 2011Posts: 1143Location: Pacific, MO

Re: Washington University Fall Academic Tournament III-11/11/17

I'm pleased to announce that we will be awarding a top overall small school award at this tournament! Any school that meets the PACE criteria for a small school is eligible for the title. The PACE criteria for a small school is:

PACE wrote:

a school with fewer than 700 students in 10th through 12th grades that is a public school and has a non-selective admission policy. Please note that non-selective is not the same as non-magnet. Eligible schools are schools from systems where every school is a specialized center and students may choose to attend any school.

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